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Theo James Gets Male Lead in Divergent, With Aaron Eckhart & More Circling

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Theo-JamesVarious people have been cast in Divergent, but Summit has been difficulty finding the male lead. Actors such as Alex Pettyfer and Lucas Till have auditioned and the company has looked at people of various ages, but now they’ve finally gone for a actor who’s not too well known at the moment, but whose star is certainly on the rise – Theo James.

The 26-year-old has been seen in the TV series Bedlam, and in the films The Inbetweeners Movie and Underworld: Awakening, but its his lead role in the new CBS TV drama Golden Boy that’s really got people interested in him.

Based on Veronica Roth’s novel, Divergent is a adventure set in a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities, Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late.

James will play Four, a man with a mysterious past, who is  Tris’ intense yet charismatic instructor and one of the leaders of the Dauntless faction.

Variety adds that Miles Teller, Ray Stevenson and Aaron Eckhart are also circling roles in the movie (Teller seems set as he’s mentioned he’ll be in the movie on Twitter), but there’s no news on exactly who they might play

Neil Burger (Limitless) will direct from a script by Vanessa Taylor. It commences principal photography this April in Chicago, with a March 21st, 2014 release set.

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Christian Bale Circling Moses Role In Exodus

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christian-baleChristian Bale must be keen on getting biblical, as while he was once attached to play Noah for Darren Aronofsky but had to drop out, Deadline reports that he’s now circling the role of Moses in Ridley Scott’s Exodus.

The film is one of two separate Moses based movies doing the rounds in Hollywood, with two separate projects brewing at both 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. At the moment Fox’s Exodus is picking up more steam, although talks with Christian Bale are still in the early stages.

The studio wants to get the project off the ground quickly, with Ridley Scott directing from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian, who rewrote the original script by Bill Collage and Adam Cooper. No story details have been released, although the title suggests it will focus on the Israelites being led out of Egypt by Moses.

Warner Bros.’ Gods and Kings is having a few more problems though, as director Steven Spielberg has decided to part ways with the Biblical project. The studio has reached out to Ang Lee (Life of Pi) to take his place, but no deals have been reached yet. The script by Stuart Hazeldine and Michael Green has been described as a Braveheart-esque rendition of Moses’ story.

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The Alan Partridge Movie Teaser Trailer – Steve Coogan’s creation is going big screen

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It was revealed a few weeks ago that a long-planned Alan Partridge movie was finally shooting. Now it’s been confirmed it will be called The Alan Partridge Movie, the first still is here (which you can see above), and you can watch a brand new teaser for the movie below!

Steve Coogan will be joined in the film by the likes of Sean Pertwee, Colm Meaney, Anna Maxwell Martin, Monica Dolan and Dustin Demri-Burns. They team up with Partridge veterans Felicity Montagu, Tim Key, Simon Greenall, Phil Cornwell, Nigel Lindsay and Darren Boyd, who’ll all be back for more madness.

Not too much has been revealed about the plot, other than that it will follow Alan trying to resurrect his flagging media career. Coogan, Neil and Rob Gibbons, Peter Baynham and Armando Iannucci wrote the film, with Declan Lowney directing. It’s currently due out in the UK on August 13th.

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Tom Hooper May Take On Sacha Baron Cohen’s Freddie Mercury Biopic

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tom-hooperSacha Baron Cohen may have only had a small role in Les Miserables, but director Tom Hooper must have liked working with him, as Deadline reports that they may reunite for a biopic of Freddie Mercury. Baron Cohen’s been attached to the movie for quite a long time, but the film has had a bit of revolving door of directors.

Hooper hasn’t officially signed on to direct yet, but he is apparently seriously considering it.

Peter Morgan’s script will deal with the star’s rise to fame, leading up to the classic performance at 1985’s Live Aid, and won’t cover his death from AIDS, which helped remove a lot of the stigma of the disease. It’s not known either how frank it will be about his sexuality (although you’d have to presume it won’t sweep it under the carpet) The surviving members of Queen are all involved in the movie, ensuring the use of the band’s classic songs.

Queen themselves are involved in the film having licensed their most famous tracks, including Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock you and Another One Bites The Dust for the movie. We’ll have to see whether Hooper does end up making the film.

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New Place Beyond The Pines Poster & Ryan Gosling Images Released

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The Place Beyond the Pines hits cinemas in the US on March 29th and the UK on April 12th. With the release date fast approaching a new UK poster and couple more images of Ryan Gosling in the movie have been released, which you can see above and below.

The film reunites Gosling with Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, to tell the tale of Luke (Gosling), a professional motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son. However, when he crosses paths with a rookie police officer (Bradley Cooper), their violent confrontation spirals into a tense generational feud. Rose Byrne, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta and Dane DeHaan also star.

The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to good although not rapturous reviews, and will hope for success with general audiences soon. Click on the pics below for larger versions.

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Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis & Director Seth Gordon On For One Night on the Hudson

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jason-sudeikisCharlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, and director Seth Gordon must like working together as just last week they all agreed to reunite for Horrible Bosses 2, and now THR reports they’re also planning the new comedy One Night on the Hudson.

The film is about a rookie police officer who catches a criminal, both of whom have to go on the run to escape a unit of corrupt cops. It isn’t immediately clear which roles Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis will play at this time, although presumably one will be the policeman and the other the criminal.

T.J. Fixman wrote the screenplay. He’s a video game writer whose credits include Resistance 2, Overstrike, and the Ratchet and Clank series, although this will be his first feature film.

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Die Hard 5’s Jai Courtney To Play Eric In Divergent

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Summit Entertainment is betting big on Divergent to be their new Twilight, and they’re now busy filling out the cast for the film. Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Maggie Q, Zoë Kravitz, and Ansel Elgort are already set for the movie, and they’ve now been joined by Die Hard 5’s Jai Courtney, according to Deadline.

The film is based on Veronica Roth novel, which depicts a futuristic America that is divided into five factions: selflessness (Abnegation), peacefulness (Amity), honesty (Candor), bravery (Dauntless), and intelligence (Erudite). At the age of 16, each citizen must choose which trait they want to devote the rest of their lives to.

Courtney is set to play the leader of the Dauntless tribe, who’s called Eric. He serves as one of the primary antagonists for Shailene Woodley’s Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior, who struggles with the Dauntless initiation when she makes a powerful discovery about her hidden strength, and uncovers a conspiracy to destroy all people like her. In the book Eric is described as having multiple facial piercings, although it’s not known if this will follow through into the movie.

Neil Burger is directing from an adapted screenplay by Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman).

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Joel Kinnaman Joins Tom Hardy & Noomi Rapace In Child 44

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joel-kinnamanTom Hardy & Noomi Rapace are spending much of this year together, making Animal Rescue and Child 44. Now they’ve got a new co-star for the latter, as Joel Kinnaman is in talks to join the movie. Kinnaman will reunite with director Daniel Espinosa for the film, having previously worked together on Snabba Cash and last year’s action-thriller, Safe House.

Child 44 is set in 1950s Russia, with Hardy as a Soviet military police officer who becomes the target of his suspicious government while he’s investigating a string of child murders. Joel Kinnaman will play the killer responsible for these brutal deaths. Noomi Rapace is Hardy’s wife.

Daniel Espinosa will direct from a screenplay by Richard Price, adapted from the Tom Rob Smith novel of the same name. Shooting will start this summer. (Source: THR)

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WWE’s Dave Bautista To Play Drax The Destroyer In Guardians of the Galaxy

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dave-bautistaIt seems WWE fights really wants to follow in Dwayne Johnson’s footsteps by making it big in Hollywood. Last year he appeared in Scorpion King 3 and starred in RZA’s fight flick The Man With The Iron Fists, while this year he’ll be seen in Riddick.

Now he’s been confirmed for his biggest role yet, playing Drax the Destroyer in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, according to THR. Jason Momoa was previously in talks to take on the part, although he lost out by hoping for a better deal from the studio (seemingly not realising that Marvel doesn’t do better deals, as people are so keen to be part of the Marvel world that it doesn’t need to). Isaiah Mustafa and Brian Patrick were also in contention for the role.

So far Chris Pratt is the only other confirmed cast member member for the film. He’ll play Peter Quill, aka Star Lord. Bautista’s Drax the Destroyer was born as a human called Arthur Phillips. After he was murdered by Thanos, he was given a powerful new body and spirit by Kronos. The green warrior was resurrected with the sole purpose of killing by being that killed him. His powers include super-human strength and the ability to emit energy blasts.

James Gunn is set to direct, with the movie shooting in Britain later this year.

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Colin Trevorrow To Direct Jurassic Park IV

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Colin-TrevorrowSince his sci-fi indie debut, Safety Not Guaranteed, Colin Trevorrow’s name has been rumoured for everything from Star Wars VII to a remake of Flight Of The Navigator, but now he’s landed a major gig, as Universal has announced (via Deadline) that he will helm the long-gestating Jurassic Park IV, which is currently set for release on June 13th, 2014.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are on screenplay duties, but no story details have been released at this time. Frank Marshall is producing alongside Patrick Crowley, with original Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg serving as an executive producer.

And as you would expect nowadays, the movie will be shot in 3D.

The first three movies Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Jurassic Park III, have grossed over $2 billion worldwide. The original Jurassic Park will be re-released in theaters with an all new 3D conversion on April 5.

Let’s just hope it’s better than Jurassic Park III. Recent rumours have suggested the movie will shoot this summer in Louisiana.

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